Take Action on Cumulative Effects Conference & Awards Gala 2020

About The Conference

If you Google cumulative effects, you’ll typically find a definition from environmental impact assessment legislation or practitioner guides that will lead you to believe they are something negative to be minimized or mitigated. That’s #BusinessAsUsual and it’s inadequate at best because it’s only a portion of the story.   This has contributed to the ongoing conflict and argument over new land use developments like new #pipelines.

There has to be a better way - and there is.  

We start with the understanding that all things are connected within systems. Indigenous people have known this for millennia and the application of this knowledge has been a big part of why the human race has been successful.  We know that we live in and are a part of thousands of systems that are constantly changing and interacting and the world that we experience is the Cumulative Effect of all those interactions.

Today, Increasing resource scarcity and new disruptors like climate change are creating significant uncertainty about what our collective future will look like.  And we know that the choices we make today will directly influence the outcomes of the future.

So, how do we go about planning for an unpredictable future with less than a full understanding of the dynamics at play?

History has proven time and again that the best solutions emerge from a diverse group of individuals with different experience, expertise and perspective. Collaborative exploration is a powerful and efficient way to not only anticipate possible futures, but more importantly to develop innovative resilience strategies so we can adapt to change we know is inevitable, but not precisely predictable.

The CE Analytic Cumulative Effects Conference & Awards Gala is a deliberate effort to bring together that diversity of knowledge and perspective to discuss, share and learn.  

Your ticket includes admission to Gala and Awards evening including banquet and meals  

• Room rate discount with the Coast Kamloops Hotel & Convention Center (site of conference)
• Discount code for airfare with our Official Airline - Air Canada (available upon request)
• No cost access to private web portal containing CFX2020 proceedings, presentations and video.
• No cost access to private web portal containing CFX2019 proceedings, presentations and video.

We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals to engage fully. For inquiries about accessibility, please contact cfxconference@gmail.com

About the Pre - Conference Workshops on May 4th, 2020

Taking Action On Cumulative Effects

Add leading edge cumulative effects assessment, land use simulation and decision-making skills to your resume and boost your career.  The CFX2020 workshops are designed to help you build your proficiency and confidence using proven processes and tools to reduce the complexity of cumulative effects, to understand cause and effect hypotheses, to test alternative strategies, and evaluate uncertainty.

Your workshop day is divided into morning and afternoon sessions.  In the morning, you will join all attendees to learn the foundations of how to capture the power of scenario planning for a holistic cumulative effects assessment project.  When you purchase your workshop ticket you’ll decide which of two paths you want to take in the afternoon session. You can choose to either explore spatially explicit simulation modelling using the ALCES software to help you quantify and communicate the outcomes of a range of possible land use scenarios using GIS simulators, or you can explore how to utilize structured decision-making to help you make good decisions from a range of alternatives.

Holistic Cumulative Effects Scenario Planning - Morning

Learn the “Why” and “How” to use Scenario Planning in a cumulative effects context

• Establish meaningful baselines

• The historic (backcast) scenario

• The base case (Business As Usual) Scenario

• Designing your own learning scenarios

• Linking strategic and operational planning

• Closing the adaptive management loop

Afternoon, choose between the following 2 paths.

ALCES Online

Explore the ALCES tools even if you don’t have a background in geomatics and computer modelling.  See how to:

• simulate  land use, climate change, and natural disturbance

• investigate changes to valued components

• use traditional knowledge, census data, planning documents, and expert knowledge

• create 3D maps, animated maps, and multi-dimensional scatterplots 

• Tour landscapes with customizable fly-overs and high resolution satellite imagery

Structured Decision-making

Use a proven approach to:

• Ensure your decisions align with your vision and key priorities

• Deciding what really matters

• Handling Risk & Uncertainty

• Make decisions with confidence and transparency